debbie stoller
After accidental business-woman and indie publisher Debbie Stoller got her Ph.D. in Women's Psychology from Yale in the late eighties, she moved to New York with a goal: Since her work was about women and media, she wanted to make better media for women. With two co-founders (Marcelle Karp and Laurie Henzel), Stoller created Bust. Taking it from a xeroxed-and-stapled zine to its current incarnation as glossy magazine with a circulation in the tens of thousands. Bust helped to pioneer girlie feminism, where pop-culture and typically feminine pastimes (knitting, vintage frocks) are part of feminists' lives. Stoller-and the success of Bust-prove that feminists wanted their humor, style, and sex, in addition to equal pay and political gains.
Stoller also co-edited the book The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order, an anthology of the best of Bust and is co-founder of the sassy knitting circle known as "Stitch-n-Bitch." Now, one of the first and most successful forums for the new voices of the third wave, Bust is flourishing and nearly a decade old. Debbie Stoller, a pioneering and positive force in the modern movement, is a wry speaker on the media, feminism, and women in business—not to mention knitting.
Her exciting Stich 'n Bitch books include Stitch 'n Bitch: A Knitter's Design Journal, Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitters' Handook, Stich 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker, and Stich 'n Bitch Nation.
Find out more about Debbie's projects at www.knithappens.com
